The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-04-23
IN THR LABOR WORLD.
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Carnegie Brothers n Company will
built thirty-five pudding furnaces near the
Lucy Furnace,
Tho Landenbere Match Factory has
closed, and new company has been char
tered to take the business elsewhere.
The iron furnaces In Berks county are
running full time. Work has never been
so drlsk aud the outlook so encouraging a,
now.
The Oven Safety Car Heater Company,
Of Detroit, will shortly remove its plant to
Pittsbbrg,sn will employ about three hun
drsd men.
No. l furnace Of the Thomas Iron
Company, at Hokendauana, has been
blown in, and now tho entire plant Of that
corporation is In operation. 49,.
The CARBON ADyocATE Is now the
leading weekly newspaper IN Carbon eoun-
ty-hayilg a bona .tids circulation. of over
one thousand--at enc dollar year It takes
the lead.
One way to further advance the labor
interests of our country is BY independent
Political action. Cast party affilis tions
aside, and vote only for such men a. you
know will support your cause.
of the twenty-three blast furnaces In
the Shenango Valley, fifteen were In blast
on the first instant, with . capacity of 8,
796 tons Of metal per woelS, and eight
furnaces, with capacity Of $3.50 tons,
were out of blast.
The workingmen by following the ad-
vice of Master Workman Powderly In labor
disputes viii not err. Where possible al
ways appoint an arbitration committee to
adjust the intricate difficulties which may
arise In the field of labor.
Secretary Fairchild has issued an arder
to the effect that every emigrant should be
examined before landing on American
soil. This will In great measure prevent
the Importation of contract labor and dis
continue pauper immigration. Whilst we
glory in American freedom and praise
sweet liberty, 1t Is no more than just to
American laborers that their interests
be protected by some such action.
The past ten years has witnessed such
a revolution in the affairs of labor, such an
elevation as it were in the ranks of the
| toilers, hardly anticipated decade ago.
The present condition Of affairs are appre-
ciated fully, however; but the work Of ad-
vancement is not yet, completed. The vic
tories of the past are but a criterion of
what is to follow. 1t now devolves on the
toilers TO clasp hands in eternal fellowship
and to push the good work on.
There is still much discomfort among
| the workmeH on the Lehigh & Susauehanna
Division of the Jersey Central Railroad, be-
cause of the long hours they are obliged to
work. The engineers are loud in their
utterances in denounqing the system. and
many of them allege that since 1t has gone
into operation they have not spent ten
hours in week with their families. 1t Is
stated that many of the brakemen are SO
exhausted while on duty that they expert.
ence great difficulty in keeping awake.
AT Pardee 4 Co.'s No. colliery the
men are paid sixty-nine ceits for putting
in set OF relief timbers, that consumes
about days labor. The company charge.
twenty-five cents for cutting the timbers,
which is in violation Of the law. Taking
this twenty-five cents from the sixty-nins
we have forty-four cents for a days wage.
for two men. for it takss two men to Sc,
1.-THE timbers. These men are now on strike
Do not wonder? A committee sent recent,
to talk with Mr.. Psrdee on this matter
were refused hearing and PRACTICAL,
elected from the Office. How long mus
such serfdom continueP =.
BY the operation Of the new Inter; Stat,
Coiumerce law the freight charges on tn,
railroads haye become SO high that th
furnace companies can lily afford at tn
present prices of iron to, use the pagneti
ores from other States so largely bropgh
into use the past few years, and this fac
in large measure contributes to the &C
tivity now to be witnessed In the workin
of the home beds. Most Of the furnace
again use largely, Of the ore mined In Eas,
ern Pennsylvania, and as result there !
not mine between Allentown and Read
ing which is not being worked to the fullss
capacity. Over 1000 miners have stead
work, and, where they formerly receive
10 cents, they now get 81. and S1.10 pc
Aou